I arrived in Arkansas twenty five years ago. My mother and I came down to get away from the winters. We started a florist business, and settled into the community. I had always been an artist, but oils and porcelain was my palette of choice. In Kansas, that worked fine. In Arkansas, it didn't. Took the oils too long to dry. Soon I transferred to watercolors and teaching. My students talked me into writing. The stories we would tell around the lesson table soon developed into boo more...
